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>Subject: Re: 95 vs. 98
> Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 22:36:23 -0400
> From: "The Omega Man" <editorial@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
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>I think Win 98 sucks. Very flaky. Too much "happy stuff" for the kiddies.
>I'd stick with '95 or go to NT.>
>
>The biggest pain about NT is that you have to locate a lot of NT-specific
>drivers. So make sure that your printer manufacturer, your modem
>manufacturer, etc. can supply you with NT drivers (check their web sites).
>Get ready to fiddle around A LOT after you install NT in order to get all
>your peripherals running. Remember - there's no such thing as
>"plug-and-play" with NT.>
>
>Also, check out your software before moving to NT. There is some software
>out there (you might be surprised at how much) that does not work with NT.
>
>The Omega Man
That's how I'm proceeding. I've got a new 450Mhz machine, and have
everything
running on it under W95 (I copied the current system disk). Then I'll
get another
disk and begin loading NT. I'm in no hurry. Next year maybe TS2000 !!
donc
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